On the first of April, student activists backed by the MIGIZI
indigenous Caravan and several Green groups blockaded MD Rt 355 in front
of Montgomery College in Rockville, MD. The students are demanding that
Montgomery County Public Schools entirely end their use of fossil
fuels.
A number of the participants in the Migizi indigenous water protector's
camp who participated in the Rockville blockade are veterans of the
fight in Minnesota to block Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands pipeline
expansion.Also present was Donald Zepeda, one of the activists who shut down a tar sands pipeline in Washington State by shutting off the valves in 2017. The Rocville highway blockade led to multiple arrests after several of the
activists refused to lift their blockade of the road after the usual
three police warnings.
Most Montgomery County govrnment buildings now use 100% renewable energy but the schools have become a notorious exception, most of them heated by gas. The Montgomery County Public Schools only source 38% of their energy from renewable sources at this time.